Rathskeller

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German

Noun

Rathskeller m (strong, genitive Rathskellers, plural Rathskeller)

  1. Obsolete spelling of Ratskeller which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
    • 1826, Heinrich Heine, “Die Harzreise”, in Reisebilder, volume 1, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, page 114:
      Die Stadt Göttingen, berühmt durch ihre Würste und Universität, gehört dem König von Hannover, und enthält 999 Feuerstellen, diverse Kirchen, eine Entbindungsanstalt, eine Sternwarte, einen Karzer, eine Bibliothek und einen Rathskeller, wo das Bier sehr gut ist.
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Declension